Bond had a major impact on Missouri Republicans, winning back the governorship in 1972 and sowing the seeds for the GOP's current dominance. Former Missouri Gov. and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, one of the ...

In 1986 he was elected to the U.S. Senate and re-elected three more times by Missouri voters before choosing not to run again in 2010. In a statement, Gov. Mike Kehoe calls Kit Bond a “favorite ...